- 5 there to Whytecllffe where ho was Instrumental In doTeloping the area and hsTing it named after him in 191^* Ho huilt a hotel called Cliff Housey on the site now known as Xookout Seat^ and it became a favourite picnic spot. It was inaccessible by car, but many travelled on the old P.C.E. line from North Vancouver, for Sunday outings. With the completion of Marino Drive in 1926, it became more accessible and even more popular, and "an advertisement in the Province on Juno 20, 1926,announced there would te parking space for 250 cars." A boathouse was built with storage for 60 boats on either side, change and locker rooms and a promenade deck and lounge. There picnic tables and shelters with stoves and the old Cliff House Hotel became a restaurant with a large dance floor. Because Marine Drive was only brought as far as Batchelor Bay, a private road was built to reach the park area, which at that time was owned by Mr. W, W. Boultbee, When Whytecllffe was established as a Municipal Park in 1953, the 38,2 acres were owned by the Union Steamship Company which had been oper- ating a passenger ferry service to Bowen Island. The same dock is now used for boat rentals, and many people now fish, or tour the surrounding area in these rented boats. The old Cliff House restaurant burned down in I960, and it has never been replaced, in its place there is a seat from which one can sit and enjoy the view of Georgia Strait and Howe Sound, and this spot_ logically enoughâ€"is celled Lookout Seat, The Park is equipped with lawns for picnicking, tennis courts, and swings for the children, as well as a food concession stand and washroom facilities,Although Whytecli:^fe Park may not have the charm and fascination of the virgin forest of Lighthouse Park, it has remained a pleasant recreation area, where residents of W„st Vancouver can enjoy the pleasures of fishing and swimming within easy